Hearings set in Marengo on agriculture census input
Saturday hearings in Marengo at the Iowa county courthouse will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Participants will discuss the nationwide agriculture census, the main source of state and national farm data. Congressman Jim Leach notes the census review by the House subcommittee. Vernon Walter was re elected president of Clayton county Pork Producers with Tom Kenney Wayne Garris and Don Wold named to other posts. J R Tompkins of Marengo owns Holstein bull C Raybrook Valiant, honored as a gold medal sire by the Holstein-Friesian Association of America.
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Marengo
Iowa County Court House
First District
Jim Leach
Iowa
Leach
House Post Office and Civil Service
Eleader
Vernon Walter
Guttenberg
Clayton County Pork Producers
Tom Kenney
Elkader
Wayne Garris
Monona
Don Wold
St. Olaf
J.R. Tompkins
Raybrook
Holstein-Friesian Assn. of
America
Johnson County
Iowa City
Four national outstanding young farmers named by Jaycees
Illinois Idaho Ohio and Utah farmers named as the year’s top young practitioners. Evan L Meyers of Sugar Idaho rebuilt a 1170 acre operation after the Teton flood and uses potato by products in cattle feeding. John Chalmers Oakford Illinois runs a 100 acre hog farm with cooling cells. John Shawhan South Charleston Ohio leads a 1832 acre crop and hog operation with a regional cooperative. Michael Bromley American Fork Utah works in egg poultry since age thirteen. his family participates in an Indian placement program and foster parenting.
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Bismarck
N.D
U.S. Jaycees
Illinois
Idaho
Ohio
Utah
Evan L. Meyers
Sugar
Teton Dam
John Chalmers
Oakford
Ill
John Shawhan
South Charleston
Michael F. Bromley
American Fork
Bromleys
Dairy Leaders Honored At Cedar County Herd Meeting
Tipton tipton Ray Crock and Muhs brothers of Lowden received special awards for dairy leadership and record herd milk outputs at the Cedar County Dairy Herd Improvement Assn annual meeting held last week. Officers elected include President Dale Coppess. Vice President Merlin Gendelmann. Secretary Fred Sander. David Sander of Lowden and Gary Scorpis of Tipton were elected to three year board terms.
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Tipton
Ray Crock
Muhs Brothers
Lowdon
Cedar County Dairy Herd Improvement Assn
Crock
Dale Coppess
Stanwood
Merlin Gendelmann
Clarence
Fred Sander
Lowden
David Sander
Gary Scorpis
Farm Auctions Schedule From Fayette to Center Point
Farm auctions listed for Friday April 1 and Saturday April 2 include hog sale at 1 p.m. by A. W. Martin and Sons four miles south of Fayette and an auction at 1:30 p.m. for 435 acres by Byron Cheeseman four hundred fourteen miles north of Elkader. Saturday features a sale at noon of machinery and miscellaneous items by Lawrence Morgan one mile northwest of Center Point.
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A. W. Martin and Sons
Fayette
Byron Cheeseman
Elkader
Lawrence Morgan
Center Point
Clark Seeks $1 Billion Soil Conservation Bill
Senator Dick Clark outlines a proposal to create a special fund costing about 1 billion dollars annually to help farmers and landowners meet stricter federal water quality standards. The plan supplements existing aid and emphasizes soil conservation as national security.
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Blue Grass
UPI
Dick Clark
Iowa
Clark
Senate
Iowa Democrat
Environmental Protection Agency
Coffee Prices Seen Climbing Then Possible Decline in 1978
William C. Bowser of the agriculture department predicts coffee prices may rise further in 1977 but could drop by late 1978 if world production improves and consumption falls. He notes U S consumers cannot affect prices by domestic production and must drink less to influence demand.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
William C. Bowser
Department
Bowser
Brazil
United States
Winners Named in Youthpower Program Winners Named in Youthpower Program
DES MOINES Three in the Gazette circulation area were named winners Sunday in the Iowa Youth power program, including Kevin Gendelman Clarence Pat Chalup sky Fairfax and Kathy Krafka of Dysart. They are among 12 young Iowans who received free trips to the American Farm Bureau Youth Leadership Conference, April 27 29 at Lake of the Ozarks Mo.
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Des Moines
Gazette
Iowa
Kevin Gendelman
Clarence
Pat Chalupsky
Fairfax
Kathy Krafka
Dysart
Iowa Rejoins National Corn Growers Group
Iowa corn growers voted to rejoin the National Corn Growers Association after a two year absence. Walter Goeppinger of Boone said Iowa pulled out in April 1975 over a checkoff funding bill and rejoined after Iowa lawmakers approved the checkoff. The bylaws were revised to create a federation of states that elect delegates to set national policy.
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Boone
UPI
Iowa Corn Growers Assn
National Corn Growers Assn
National Board of Directors
Walter Goeppinger
Iowa
Goeppinger
Nationa
Bergland Wheat Price Plan Draws Criticism On Farm Digest
UPI reports from Iowa show Warren Lebeck and Jerry Rees criticizing the Bergland proposed minimum wheat price with Canada. Lebeck calls the plan reasonable but notes Canadian subsidies and market access motives. Rees suggests negotiations with rivals may be needed to ease the price crunch. Lebeck predicts the Talmadge Dole senate bill will likely align with current farm measures.
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DES Moines
UPI
Chicago Board of Trade
U.S. Agriculture
Robert Bergland
Canada
Warren Lebeck
Iowa Public Broadcasting Network
Jerry Rees
The
National Assn. of Wheat Growers
United States
Rees
Lebeck
Senate
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Robert Dole
Kansas
Carter
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